"light it up purple" National premature awareness day

November 17 2012 is national premature birth day. A group in Australia is asking landmarks around the world to light up purple in support of premature babies. Last year the Empire state building light up purple in support of national premature birth day it also did in 2010.

www.Marchofdimes.com  has a few articles on it being light up and it has a link to sign the petition to light the white house up purple in January. I signed it, I hope you do also.

My son was born 5 1/2 weeks premature. He was luckier than most because we knew i would go into labor early so at 28 weeks i was given steroid shots to help his lungs develop quicker. We wouldn't know for sure until he was born how much it had helped. Thanks to the shots his lungs were developed and he only spent 3 hours in the NICU. Most babies are not this lucky. Most parents don't have the advantage of knowing their baby will be early.

Please visit the march of dimes website and sign the petition.